El Parian Mexican Restaurant Lakeville — Restaurant in Lakeville

My wife recently stopped in a couple Tuesdays ago and I'm finally calm enough to write a review. They were way understaffed and had a 21 year old birthday party going on at the same time. Everyone in the place had terribly slow service. To avoid a long wait at the door we chose to sit at the bar. It took 25-30 minutes before we even got chips and salsa. I didn't see the "bartender" put any alcohol in our drinks, but thought maybe I missed it. Then I saw him make 4 other different drinks and a Coronita like mine and never saw him put alcohol in those either. The only alcohol I tasted was the corona in the margarita, otherwise it was just the mix. Upon finishing the beer and removing the plastic beer holder on the side of the glass I turned it over and saw mold and food particles all over the underside except where it was dipping into my drink. They are clearly never cleaned. Upon inquiring about the fryer oil due to food allergies, they kept responding it was "regular oil" and refused to check what kind of oil was used. When we did get our chips the "bartender" asked if we wanted any before saying, "Oh, that's right, you're afraid of the oil." Food allergies aren't a joke. Given it was a half hour before getting our chips and our drinks were already gone we opted to leave before ordering any food because we didn't feel like spending the entire evening there given the current speed of service. I still left a $2 tip, one for each drink, but we spent $25 for drink mixers and a corona. We do not plan on returning as there is no authority figure to keep employees or food safety standards in check.

Also, I was a cook for 5 years and I can guarantee you the fryer oil was well overdue for a change given the texture, color and taste...

This was our very first time ever attending this restaurant and lets just say that we wouldn't ever attend again. We got to the restaurant and got seated right away. My wife and i thought that it was very strange that everybody else was seated on the left side (even people that came in after us) and we were the only ones seated on the right side. We were asked right away before we even got to look at the menu what we wanted to order.We told them we needed more time, the waiter literally came back not even 2 mins later, we told him that we still needed time.We really felt rushed.I signaled him that we were ready. He took our order and then brought us out some burnt chips and salsa that tasted like it came out of a jar from the grocery store.I love Pico De Gallo & my wife loves Guacamole so we ordered some. The Pico looked like it had been sitting in the fridge uncovered for a week.It was extremely dry, this was the worst pico that i have ever tasted.The stuff that you purchase out of the grocery store tasted better then that.The guacamole was ok. I ordered the lunch fajitas and my wife ordered the lunch special # 8 Chile Relleno and a beef taco.When the food came out all i could think of was the Gordon Ramsey show,because the food just looked horrible there was not a good presentation. We tasted the food and i have to say that it all had no taste and looked like it was microwaved. The food wasn't fresh and we didn't bring any of it home and we always bring...

I was a frequent customer from April 2024 through October 2024 The experience I had was 2 days in a row. The guy that works at the front desk would start laughing hysterically and alerting the other staff as they all spoke in Spanish and coming out from the back tables they were cleaning, so mind you I have been eating here for months and never experienced such behavior. They know my order without me having to tell them what I wanted is how much I ate there!! After eating my food once the obnoxious behavior started I felt stomach pains, but I was like maybe it was because I tried something new this time? Well, I gave it another try the next day which was 10/31/2024 and same thing happened again except this time even the cook came out looking and they carried on like hyenas laughing away all the Male Employees coming out! So, I had paid and asked for my money back this time, because at this point, I feel like they were playing with my food! So, he kept asking me why I didn't want the Tacos I said because I DO NOT LIKE PEOPLE PLAYING WITH MY FOOD AND HE SAID OKAY and retuned my funds! I am confident to say they were going to put something in my food like they did the day before! I would not recommend or ever eat there again in LIFE!!! ...